The Story of the Month is chosen from the Story of the Week winners announced from the past month.

The finalists for October were:

Mourning Mama by Yash Seyedbagheri
Every Tuesday by Lisa Marie Lopez
She Rises by Mary Haynes
A feather and a boy by Anne Catherine Vassallo

The winner of the October 2020 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Mourning Mama

The phrase “A cracked word” is a brilliant ending to an emotionally evocative piece. Yash has been contributing excellent work to the site for a long time, and this is one of his best.